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Jesus gave an illustration at Matthew 13 whereby the one true religion that he established and went into operation on Pentecost 33 C.E. would apostasize or "fall away" from his teachings, corrupting them.(Matt 13:24-30, 36-43) Following the death of the apostles, with John dying in about 100...

Did the 1st century Christians do military service, in view of Jesus words at Matthew 5, in which he said: "You heard that it was said, ' You must love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' However, I say to you: Continue to love your enemies and to pray for those persecuting you; that you may...

The word "lord" (Greek kurios, meaning "master, owner") does not necessarily mean "God" (Greek theos). For example, Jesus when speaking with the Pharisees, asked them: "What do you think about the Christ ? Whose son is he? ", and then proceeds to answer it, quoting from Psalms 110:1, saying...

I did use some information from the Watchtower Library, which helped me to establish what is meant by "congregation". It is like a tool that can be used to accomplish a task.

The apostles did not believe in a "Holy Trinity" of "three persons in one God", but rather clearly recognized Jesus as God's "only-begotten Son."(John 3:16) For example, after Peter had healed a man who lame in his feet since birth, he told the Jewish crowd: "The God of Abraham and of Isaac and...

The name calling and "threats" are not part of true Christianity, but is a display of the "world". When Jesus met up with the Jews, these vehemently argued with Jesus who sought to extol their fleshly ancestry of Abraham as having merit, but Jesus said to them: "I know you are Abraham's...

The English word "church" is noted as being "from a prehistoric German word that is also the ancestor of the German Kirche; ultimately from Greek kuriakon doma "house of the lord", from kurios "lord." (Microsoft Encarta Reference Library 2005) However, this is not the word that is accurately...

First off, the rendering by the King James Bible is way off at Matthew 11:12, inaccurate. If a person was using a map as guide that was "way off ", then by using it alone would he be able to get where he wanted to go ? No. He would remain lost. However, at Luke 16, the King James Bible does give...

At Daniel 2, when Nebuchadnezzar the king of ancient Babylon had a dream (of an immense image composed of various metals) that Daniel was able to recall and explain by God's help, Daniel told Nebuchadnezzar: "The secret that the king himself is asking, the wise men, the conjurers, the...

In giving several illustration concerning the "kingdom of God" at Matthew 13, Jesus gave one that provides details of how the one true faith or religion that Jesus established would apostasize or "fall away". In one illustration at Matthew 13:3-9, Jesus said that though the "word of the kingdom"...

In 29 C.E., with his baptism, Jesus began forming the Christian congregation, with him as the "chief cornerstone."(Matt 21:42; Isa 28:16) About 2 years later, Jesus gave several illustrations regarding the "kingdom", telling his genuine disciples: "To you it is granted to understand the sacred...

At Hebrews 9, the apostle Paul wrote that "the Christ was offered once for all time to bear the sins of many; and the second time he appears (not physically, but invisibly, for Heb 9:26 says that Jesus was "manifested once for all time") it will be apart from sin and to those earnestly looking...

At Genesis 6, it states that "when men started to grow in numbers on the surface of the ground and daughters were born to them, then the sons of God (angels who "left their original position" in heaven, Jude 6) began to notice the daughters of men, that they were good-looking; and they went...

None of the "seventy weeks" was put off into the future, but was fulfilled in the 1st century C.E. At Daniel 9:24, it says that "there has been seventy weeks (of years) that have been determined upon your people (Daniel's people, the Jews), and upon your holy city (Jerusalem), in order to...

Daniel 9 is not divided into two different time periods, but is one continuous flow of time, for Daniel 9:24 says that "there are seventy weeks that have been determined upon your people and upon your holy city." Daniel 9:25 then sets out the starting point for events that would be accomplished...

Why is it that "Christians" (as on this and other forums) are the ones that show so much hate ? One reason could be that the unscriptural belief in a torturous "hellfire" could be a trigger, as well as the religious leaders of Christendom inciting their members to go to war, physically venting...

Jesus told the Pharisees: "Offspring of vipers, how can you speak good things, when you are wicked ? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks."(Matt 12:34) Jesus established that what is in our heart, it comes forth from our mouth. Hence, if we say that we are a "Christian", but do...

The account at John 7:53-8:11 is recognized as spurious. It is not in the most ancient manuscripts such as the Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Vaticanus, Sinaitic Syriac codex of the 4th and 5th centuries. Daniel B. Wallace noted: "The pericope adulterae is traditionally located after John 7.52. But it...

In order to gain an understanding of Scripture, it is often necessary to consider surrounding Scriptures, or context. At Matthew 24, the subject under discussion is events that happens during Jesus "presence" (Greek parousia), for four of Jesus apostles had asked (after Jesus had said that "by...

Though Jesus was given all authority "in heaven and on the earth" (Matt 28:18), he was not given "a crown". The apostle Pater said that following his resurrection, that "he is at God's right hand, for he went his way to heaven, and angels and authorities and powers were made subject to him."(1...